Collective Reinterpretation in the Psalms: A Study of the Redaction History of the Psalter (Forschungen Zum Alten Testament 2.Reihe)

Cover\nTitel\nPreface\nContents\nIntroduction\n	1. A Historical Survey of Research\n	2. Attempts to Understand the Transitions between the Individual and the Collective in Previous Research\n		2.1 H. W. Robinson’s Concept of “Corporate Personality”\n		2.2 Sigmund Mowinckel’s Concept of “Great Ego”\n		2.3 “Polysemie” by Hans-Peter Müller\n		2.4 “Rollendichtung” by Jürgen van Oorschot\n		2.5 “Multiperspektivität” by Bernd Janowski\n		2.6 Evaluation of the Different Models and the Oriental Background\n	3. The Aim of This Study and Presentation of Methods\nI. Collective Features in Exilic and Early Post-Exilic Texts\n	1. The Composition of Deutero-Isaiah (Isa 40–55)\n		1.1 The Origin of the Servant Songs\n		1.2 The Identity of the Servant\n	2. The Origin and ‘Sitz im Leben’ of Lamentations\n		2.1 Combination of Individual and Collective Features in Lamentations\n	3. The Composition of the Deuteronomistic History\n		3.1 National Emphases in the Theology of DtrN\n	4. Conclusion\nII. The Genre and ‘Sitz im Leben’ of the Psalms\n	1. The Canonical Approach\n	2. The Genres of the Psalms and Their Characteristic Features\n	3. Salvation Oracles in Individual Complaints\n	4. Traditional Prayer\n	5. The Altered ‘Sitz im Leben’ of the Psalms: Messianic, Theocratic and Collective Interpretations\n	6. Excursus: The Communal Laments of the Psalter\n	7. Conclusion\nIII. Collective Reinterpretation in the Psalms\n	1. Psalm 22\n		1.1 Translation of Ps 22 and Textual Criticism\n		1.2 Remarks on the Colometry of Ps 22\n		1.3 Lexical Connections with Other Psalms and Other Old Testament Texts\n		1.4 The Basic Text and Redaction of Ps 22\n	2. Psalm 69\n		2.1 Translation of Ps 69 and Textual Criticism\n		2.2 Remarks on the Colometry of Ps 102\n		2.3 Lexical Connections with Other Psalms and Other Old Testament Texts\n		2.4 The Basic Text and Redaction of Ps 69\n	3. Psalm 102\n		3.1 Translation of Ps 102 and Textual Criticism\n		3.2 Remarks on the Colometry of Ps 102\n		3.3 Lexical Connections with Other Psalms and Other Old Testament Texts\n		3.4 The Basic Text and Redaction of Ps 102\n	4. Psalm 89\n		4.1 The Composition of Ps 89\n		4.2 Collective Features in Ps 89\n	5. Collective Passages in Various Psalms\n		5.1 Ps 3:9\n		5.2 Ps 14:7 (Ps 53:7)\n		5.3 Ps 25:22\n		5.4 Ps 28:8–9\n		5.5 Ps 29:10–11\n		5.6 Ps 30:5–6\n		5.7 Ps 34:23\n		5.8 Ps 51:20–21\n		5.9 Ps 73:1\n		5.10 Ps 148:14\n	6. Collective Features in the Songs of Ascents\n		6.1 Concluding Doxology in Ps 125\n		6.2 “Let Israel Say” (יאםר־נא ישׂראל) in Ps 129\n		6.3 Ps 130:7–8 and Ps 131:3\n		6.4 The Redaction History of Ps 132\n	7. The Collective Use of the Term משׁיח in Post-Exilic Theology\n		7.1 Ps 2\n		7.2 Ps 84:10\n		7.3 The Psalm of Habakkuk (Particularly Hab 3:13a)\n	8. Conclusion\nIV. The Nature and Extent of Collective Redaction\n	1. Introduction to the Formation of the Psalter\n	2. The Problem of the Elohistic Psalter (Pss 42–83)\n	3. The Growth Process of the Psalter\n	4. The Fivefold Book Division of the Psalter\n	5. Attempts to Date the Final Form of the Psalter\n	6. Beyond the Redactions of the Psalter\n	7. Collective Terminology in the Collectivizingly Reworked Psalms\n	8. The Significance of 11QPsa for Redaction Theories of the Psalter\n		8.1 Background\n		8.2 The Textual Form and Content of 11QPsa\n		8.3 Editorial Principles of 11QPsa\n		8.4 11QPsa Compared with Other Psalms Scrolls Found at Qumran\n		8.5 Is 11QPsa Qumranic or Pre-Qumranic?\n		8.6 11QPsa and the Collective Redaction of the Psalter\n	9. Conclusion\nSummary\nBibliography\nSource Index\nAuthor Index\nSubject Index